Private Evans

Regarding the sandbox content... While I find it greedy and sometimes even rude what people demand especially when it comes to dlc`s content, I also think it would be a very good idea for the future of Arma 3 to do something like a sandbox content and faction overhaul/revamp/extension/addon or whatever you want to call it. I really was blown away by the massive amount of assets provided especially by the orange and the contact dlc and it is absoluteley clear that a team has to make a cut to finish their actually project goals. BUT also over the years this left us with a lot of stuff that is missing or sorry sometimes made just halfassed. Stuff that maybe is not that important or not even required for the official campaigns and missions but stuff that would enrich the sandbox experience and make the whole plattform better and more diverse. Btw you did some of this stuff already by finally adding green textures for the tropicle vehicles. What I would like to see and I would be even be willing to buy this as a small dlc is stuff like : tropical versions of the Taru CSAT versions of the Technical ( for African CSAT) Nato versions of most of the AAF vehicles ( since most of it is Nato stuff anyway) basic olive and/or coyote/ black versions of the AAF vest ( it is the only vest that really fits for a lot of modells) black textures for all pistols and rifles ( just a few missing) complete sets of CTRG stealth uniforms ( tropical, arid and urban) including helmets and vests proper eastern europe civi and looters/criminals clothes/retextures ( even some of the fia outfits would fit better than the Altis summer look) CSAT urban units for the tropcial ( chinese) faction a complete nato woodland faction a complete CTRG faction a complete CSAT African faction an a bit extended Gendermerie faction a blufor LFD faction xD some more russian stuff 🙂 ( providing simple green CSAT vehicles would give us nearly a complete faction) I am sure there is more but it is all there, most of it would be retexture and config work ( a lot of copy and paste). So while this would not be the most spectacular addon I personally think that would add so much to the future sandbox experience and the Arma 3 2035 setting 🙂 Arma 3 Textures and Factions DLC (why not I mean there are games out there selling weapon skins...) just my thoughts... PS : a vehicle decal system would go very cool with that...

If you as an explorer would find a race of selfish, stupid, aggressive sometimes fanatical assholes governed by even bigger assholes, that is spending most of its resources trying to kill each other....would you make contact and maybe even share your super advanced technologies with them...or would you just stay the fuck away... any high tech alien species finding us should act following the Starfleet ( Star Treck) Prime directive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Directive

Well now with the new liscenced packages it seems more and more obvious that BI is creating somekind of a mega plattform merging more and more existing resources and tech from Arma and DayZ together in some way which really makes sense to me.

Obsolete 😞 ( to clearify..my post was obsolete)

This will allow so many new things...maps...scenarios....missions...fuck yeah 🙂

Maybe create a faction based on a high tech company developing drones, robots AI and stuff...could be a very interesting new villain faction 🙂

Also....The owls are not what they seem ( to bring in some good old Twin Peaks flash backs)

I guess the only human that would have been able to understand and communicate with an alien species died last year...

Would it be possible to add an option that hides factions from the editor 🙂 ? keep it up this mod is a must have

So will there there be the big ships only or also somekind of small fighters or drones for the Alien faction ? Also we need a Los Angeles map now 😂

Epic ...welcome back Commander 🙂

Yeah the appartment buildings...that was one of my thirst thoughts too. Would be a great addition for the main town to make it a bit more diverse to the rural areas. Could be even the red brick appartment blocks from Arma 2 🙂

One request...please put all the stuff under one faction ( like the vanilla Nato factions) instead of creating a faction for every branch 🙂

Honestly..the amount of assets is amazing...having a blast with creating compositions atm. Also love the light cones in different colors....something I was always hoping for 🙂

Nice..there are still not enough 2035 factions out there 🙂

Yeah exactly..and again there is and there was so much official talk about Arma being a service and plattform ( for the years to come) that I am pretty sure they are going this route, upgrading the plattform over time instead of waiting years to make a complete new title....and i would be absolutely fine with this 🙂

Yeah for sure it is no easy task to implement new tech...but it could be done over time. The current engine DayZ is running on is nothing else than a mix out of new tech mixed with Arma 3 tech and some outdated legacy stuff. For the games you mentioned...Argo is dead...Vigor is free to play and xbox only...Dayz is burnt....take on games a very small niche games...which just leaves Yland.... A complete new Arma title featuring a new setting, new maps, new assets, new campaign etc etc will take years and require nearly the full company to work on it. If they even wait for the Enfusion engine to be completted we are talking about what ...4 to 6 years from now on. I can not imagine that this is the plan....

Updating would include stuff like...new renderer...animation system...script language etc ( as in Enfusion ) and no I don't think that it is such a bad idea quiet the opposite. This way they could sell Arma addons for ages , done by smaller teams like the one in Amsterdam instead of spending all of their resources for a complete new Arma title doing everything from scratch again. I think times are gone that BI is based on just one franchise. A growing company has to be further set up with different franchises. So why not seeing Arma as a plattform and service that will be updated and improved with new tech, features and content instead of making a complete new title every 4 or 5 years. This would BI give resources to invest into new stuff...buta also keep Arma allivefor decades....

Fact is that we really don' t know anything about their plans and what is going on. DayZ at its current state clearly shows that the new engine is light years away from being finished. The lighting for example is horrible outdated, there are no real improvments for terrain making, there is no AI etc etc and even BI mentioned it does not meet Arma quality standarts in this state. We#ve also heard that a larger part of the Arma team is now working on the new tech. So taking into account that they still support Arma 3 and producing and publishing content it seems obvious that a new game is not on the horizon. The exciting question is...will they slowly implement and merge the new tech into the Arma plattform like they did with DayZ ( as they do vice versa). Do we really need a new title or would it maybe better to upgrade the plattform instead, keeping all the maps and assets and stuff and then create new stuff and features in form of addons and dlc's. This way they could extend the lifetime of Arma forever and shift resources to new franchises. thoughts 🙂 ?

Yeah but both games have been in early access for ages..so with both titles full released and with nothing new to come for a long time it would help a lot keeping things interesting ...

I would be fine with more Chernarus + assets and an official takistan 2035 map ...female characters will not be in without the engine change that includes new skeleton and anim system I guess. Maybe we will see Arma 3 maps in DayZ and vice versa some day...that would be smart 🙂

Hahahaha this map was crying for a more depressive looking sky ..knew that it would come soon 🙂

Awesome....being someone that grew up when the Vietnam War was still going on, having family that fought on both side during WW II and doing my own service in 85/86 I for sure have my connections to the past, loving to play scenarios taking place in these timeframes. But...I am also a huge fan of the Arma 3 timline and lore. It is simply genious how the alternative Armaverse represents and provides so many political and military aspects and possible scenarios that are actually becoming or even are reality meanwhile. Using their own fictional assets not only gives BI the freedom to try things out but also is really helpful regarding copyrights which becomes a more and more bigger thing in miltary games. Hybrid Warfare, Cyberwarfare, CBRN, UAV's and yes even making first contact, there are so many exciting and fresh possibilities which are everything else than only pure fiction. Combined with some good old infantry fighting and tactical gameplay as well as brilliant choosen hotspots like the Aegeis, South Pacific or the Baltic States ( the Arctic would be another candiate) this will be the future of this genre. Even if we all love our cold war and WW II battles, from a gaming company point of view they have to find ways to make their product ( in this case Arma franchise) stand out, be unique and...yeah sell copies. This will not work in a larger scale with doing the same cold war crises, middle east and WW II shit over and over again since there are dozens of other games that do this and some of them even better. As long as they are doing well and have the financial background to support and improve our pattform this is a win win for all of us, even for the hardcore cold war mil sim players since this will make things like modding or dlc's like GM not even possible but also better and better. Finally I really hope the Amsterdam Studio will sign responsible for the future single player content may it be Arma 4 or whatever 🙂 cheers PS: OP thx for sharing this...very good read !

Yeah I really hope the devs do read some of the constructive feedback and use the remaining weeks to fix and improve things of this otherwise really amazing map. most wanted: - ambient sound ballance - resize some of the buildings - improve the horrible looking low rez doors on some of the chernarus+ buildings ( I know this has also been reported on the DayZ forums a while ago) - add some modern buildings and props to create a more believable look of a 2035 East European setting. on the wishlist : - wildlife (deer) - some appartement blocks for some diversion instead of having only village houses ( even if this is a more rural area) - check the chernarus+ buildings for perfomance

I know that may sound greedy....but is there a small chance that we also see some of the Chernarus+ city assets added in the future, especially the soviet style appartement blocks. This would bring Arma 3 map making to a complete new level 🙂